HyperDic: east_indian_fig_tree

English > 1 sense of the expression *East Indian fig tree*:
NOUN	plant	East Indian fig tree, banyan, banyan tree, banian, banian tree, Indian banyan, Ficus bengalensis	East Indian tree that puts out aerial shoots that grow down into the soil forming additional trunks

English > *East Indian fig tree*: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
Meaning	East Indian tree that puts out aerial shoots that grow down into the soil forming additional trunks.
Synonyms	banyan, banyan tree, banian, banian tree, Indian banyan, Ficus bengalensis
Broader	fig tree	Any moraceous tree of the tropical genus Ficus
Spanish	baniano
Catalan	banià